一天,有个名叫“和氏”的楚国人,在一座山里得到一块没有雕琢过的玉石,连忙拿去献给楚厉王。厉王叫玉匠鉴定,玉匠说:
"This is a piece of ordinary stone."
“这是一块普通的石头。”
King Li believed that He Shi had deceived him and felt very angry. He had He Shi's left foot cut off.
厉王认为和氏欺骗了他,非常气愤,就砍掉了和氏的左脚。
After King Li died, King Wu became the king. Again He Shi took this piece of jade to present it to King Wu. King Wu asked a jade craftsman to appraise it. The jade craftsman also said:
厉王死后,武王当了国王。和氏又拿着这块玉石去献给武王。武王叫玉匠鉴定,玉匠说:
"This is a piece of ordinary stone."
“这是一块普通的石头。”
King Wu believed that He Shi had deceived him and had He Shi's right foot cut off.
武王认为和氏欺骗了他,就砍掉了他的右脚。
After King Wu died, King Wen succeeded to the throne. He Shi sat at the foot of the hill, held the piece of jade in his hands and wept. He wept for three days and three nights until his tears dried up and his eyes bled. When King Wen heard of this, he sent someone to ask He Shi:
武王死后,文王当了国王。和氏抱着那块玉石,坐在那座山的山脚下哭泣,一连哭了三天三夜,哭干了眼泪,连血都哭出来了。文王听说后,就派人去问和氏:
"Many people in the world have had their feet cut off. Why do you weep so broken-heartedly?"
“天下被砍去脚的`人很多,你为什么哭得这样伤心呢?”
He Shi answered:
和氏回答说:
"I am not weeping for losing both my feet. I am broken-hearted because the King takes the jade for a piece of stone, and my loyalty for deceit."
“我不是因为失去双脚而哭泣,而是因为国王把宝石当做石头,把忠诚说成欺骗,所以才这样伤心。”
After King Wen heard this, he sent for a jade craftsman and ordered him to chisel open the jade. Sure enough it was a piece of genuine jade. Thus King Wen of Chu named it "He Shi Jade".
文王听了和氏的话后,就派人把玉匠找来,命令玉匠把玉石凿开,一看果然是一块真的玉石。楚文王就把这块玉石命名为“和氏璧”。
人们所心向神往的世俗企求,变成了灰烬或烈火烹油;尔后,就像雪飘落灰封尘蒙的沙漠——辉映了一时半刻便化为乌有。
2.玫瑰丛
有时我想:古往今来的玫瑰丛,就数埋过恺撒血肉处的最红——朵朵招展的玉簪花儿,也都是从春风一度的头上坠落园中。
3.天使和酒
不久以前,在酒店洞开的门口,暮色里来了位天使。他的肩头托着个坛子,全身闪耀着光辉。他叫我尝尝:原来是葡萄美酒!葡萄美酒,它能以绝对的\'雄辩,叫你争我吵的教派哑口无言;这至高的法师,能把生活之铅点化成黄金,而且在瞬息之间。
4.别趴倒在地
那翻转的碗儿他们唤作天空,下面是我们生死其中的樊笼:别趴倒在地下举手向天求助——它之行动无力也和你我相同。
5.游陶工作坊
白昼在消逝,就趁着天色渐幽,忍饥挨饿的斋月偷偷地溜走;那陶工的作坊我又独自重版——各种各样的陶器围在我四周。那模样是形形色色、大大小小,都一排儿站在地上、靠着墙脚;有的是话说个不停、唠唠叨叨,有的像是在倾听,但绝无言笑。其中一个说道:“这决不是徒劳——从普通泥土里选出我的材料,先捏成这个形象,以后再打碎,或者重新踩作不成形的泥淖。”
接着第二个说道:“没一个顽童会砸碎他曾喝得开怀的茶盅;他不会糟蹋亲手制作的器皿——不管他后来如何怒气冲冲。”
静下了没有多久,换了个开口——这个的相貌;可真是比较丑陋:“他们笑话我,老说我歪歪扭扭——怎么,那陶工的双手曾经发抖?”
听见了这话,有个多嘴的东西——想是泛神论者的小罐,生了气:“什么陶工陶器的,你给我说说,哪个算陶工,哪个又该是陶器?”
另一个讲道:“哦,有好几位在说,他扬言要把那些倒霉的家伙——那些他做坏的活计,扔进地狱。
胡说!他心地慈悲,办事不会错。”谁却在咕哝:“管它是谁做谁买,长期的搁置干得我差点裂开;但只要给我灌满熟捻的酒浆,我想,我能够很快就恢复过来。”
坛坛罐罐们正这样纷纷发言,它们期待的新月已出斋露面;这是它们你推我碰:“兄弟,兄弟!听听搬酒人吱吱作响的垫肩!”
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